Welcome to 7th Grade Math!

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Welcome to 7th Grade Math!

• Silver Team
• Ms. Cogswell

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Who is Ms. Cogswell?

• Grew up in Olathe
• Went to Notre Dame for undergrad and studied MATH
  and ECONOMICS
• Moved to Washington DC and taught 7th 8th grade
  math while working on getting my Masters of Arts
  in Teaching
• This is my 3rd year at WMS and my 7th year in
  education!

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Who is Ms. Cogswell? (Continued)

• Math nerd.
• 4-Her and I still go to camp as a counselor
• Hobbies
• Cooking
• Quilting
• Reading
• Running

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Who is Miss Cogswell?

• I spent 3 weeks last summer in Africa with my
  family.
• We went on safari in Tanzania and visited Cape
  Town in South Africa.

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Math Masters
Work Hard, Get Smart!
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Math Masters Work Hard. Get Smart

• The Theory of Malleable Intelligence
• Don't Let Anybody Tell You That You Can't

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Mistakes Make Learning Matter!
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Class Goal

• Every student will earn either Exceeds
  Standard or Exemplary on the Kansas State Math
  Assessment.

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Setting Individual Goals

• Short-term Long-term Goals
• Career Goal
• College/Professional Training Goal
• High School Goal
• Middle School Goal
• 7th Grade Math Goal
• Include a picture of yourself in the middle of
  your star!
• Due Thursday, August 16th

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Ms. Cogswells Example

• Career Goal
• To be one of the best math teachers in the
  country
• College/Professional Training Goal
• Go back to school to get my PhD in school
  leadership
• High School Goal
• That all my students will take Calculus in high
  school
• Middle School Goal
• That all my students participate in at least 1
  after school activity
• 7th Grade Math Goal
• All my students master writing equations!

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Math MastersWork Hard. Get Smart.

• Our Classroom Bee Attitudes
• Bee safe.
• Physically
• Emotionally
• Socially
• Bee respectful.
• Of self
• Of others
• Of school
• Bee prepared.
• Always ready to learn!

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Classroom Consequences

• In those situations where our actions do not meet
  the Bee Attitudes
• 1st time warning
• 2nd time safe seat
• 3rd time blue form/detention
• 4th time silver form (office referral)

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Positive Reinforcement

• Classroom claps
• SPURS tickets
• Free seating
• Positive parent phone call
• Additional homework work time

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Procedures Expectations
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Entering the Classroom

• Come in and sit in the same seat as you are today
• Take out homework from the night before and set
  it on your desk
• Begin working silently on the Bell Work posted
  on the board
• Ms. Cogswell will come around in the first few
  minutes to take attendance and to check homework
  and Bell Work
• Sharpen pencils if necessary

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Perfect Practice Makes Perfect
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Practice 1 Homework

• Homework is 100 if
• Completed on time
• Proper heading is shown
• All work is shown
• It is in pencil
• Ms. Cogswell will check it off during the Bell
  Work and it will be checked as a class
• Keep all old homework assignments in your math
  folder!

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Assignment Description First Last Name
Date
Hr. ___







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Late Homework

• Per the Wheatridge MS policy
• 1 day late 80
• 2 days late 60
• gt1 week late 0
• If you were absent, you have 3 days from the date
  of your absence to turn in missing homework
• Late homework is turned into the late homework
  bin. (Not your hours bin.)

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Practice 2 Daily Work

• Turned in at the end of every block to your
  hours bin.
• Ms. Cogswell will tell you during closure what
  you are expected to turn in.
• You will receive 100 on class work if
• Turn it in before leaving the classroom
• Proper heading is shown
• All work is shown
• You used pencil

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Efficient Use of Time--Restrooms

• Use the restroom during transition.
• You will not be permitted to leave the room
  during instruction.

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Efficient Use of Time -- Water

• You may bring a water bottle with you to class.
  Please do not bring any beverage other than
  water.
• Passes will not be given for the water fountain.

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Efficient Use of Time -- Tardy

• If you have a pass
• Quietly hand it to Ms. Cogswell (or show her if
  it is in your agenda) and quickly take your seat
  to see where we are in the lesson.
• If you do not have a pass
• You will be marked tardy in the gradebook. Speak
  with Ms. Cogswell before leaving for your next
  class.
• Either way
• At a good break, ask your group what you missed

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Efficient Use of Time -- Absent

• If you are absent, you are responsible for
  getting whatever you may have missed.
• Work you missed will be in the folders on the
  What did I miss? board.
• Come before or after school to ask any questions.

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End of Class

• You are dismissed by Ms. Cogswell. Not the bell.
  
• Make sure the area around your desk is clean.
• Put any paper trash in the recycling.
• Turn in your class work for the day!
• DO NOT turn in homework if you finish it early!